Re: [saag] Perfect Forward Secrecy vs Forward Secrecy

Christopher Wood <caw@heapingbits.net> Wed, 18 March 2020 14:59 UTC

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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:59:13 -0700
From: Christopher Wood <caw@heapingbits.net>
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Subject: Re: [saag] Perfect Forward Secrecy vs Forward Secrecy
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2020, at 7:48 AM, Salz, Rich wrote:
> Was the person who asked you to make the change a security person?
> Can you ask them for a rationale?
> 
> I agree perfect forward secrecy is the term of art and we shouldn't 
> create a new one. 

FWIW, +1.

Best,
Chris